Kitāb al-Ḍuʿafāʾ

Hadith 142
narrator-criticism
26 - المعلى بن محمد، البصري، أبو محمد. يعرف حديثه، وينكر. ويروي عن الضعفاء ويجوز أن يخرج شاهدا.
26 – al-Muʿallā b. Muḥammad, al-Baṣrī, Abū Muḥammad. His ḥadīth are recognized and denied. He narrates from the weak narrators. It is permissible for him to be brought out as a witness.
Source: Abū al-Ḥusayn Aḥmad b. al-Ḥusayn al-Ghaḍā'irī